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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST LUKE</span>
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CHAPTER 20
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Chief priests oppose Jesus—He gives the parable of the wicked husbandmen—Render unto Caesar and God that which is theirs—Jesus teaches the law of marriage.
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And</span> it came to pass, <i>that</i> on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon <i>him</i> with the elders,
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And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things?  or who is he that gave thee this authority?
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And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
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The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
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And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
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But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 11: 9; Matt. 14: 5; Matt. 21: 26.">prophet</a>.
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And they answered, that they could not tell whence <i>it was.</i>
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And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Vineyard of the Lord.">vineyard</a>, and let it forth to <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/20/9b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR farmers.">husbandmen</a>, and went into a far country for a long time.
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And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent <i>him</i> away empty.
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And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated <i>him</i> shamefully, and sent <i>him</i> away empty.
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And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast <i>him</i> out.
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Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do?  I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence <i>him</i> when they see him.
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But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
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So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed <i>him.</i>  What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
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He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others.  And when they heard <i>it,</i> they said, <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/16a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR May it not be.">God</a> forbid.
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And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Rock.">stone</a> which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
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Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/18a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR scatter like chaff.">grind</a> him to powder.
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&#182; And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
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And they watched <i>him,</i> and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 22: 15 (15-22); Mark 12: 13 (13-17).">take</a> hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
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And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person <i>of any,</i> but teachest the way of God truly:
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Is it lawful for us to give <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/22a" mark="a" type="Q" title="GR taxes; D&C 58: 21 (21-22); D&C 98: 9 (4-10).">tribute</a> unto Caesar, or no?
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But he perceived their <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 10: 17; D&C 10: 25 (21-27).">craftiness</a>, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
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Shew me a penny.  Whose image and superscription hath it?  They answered and said, Caesar’s.
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And he said unto them, Render therefore unto <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 58: 22 (21-23); D&C 63: 26 (25-29).">Caesar</a> the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
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And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
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&#182; Then came to <i>him</i> certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
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Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 25: 5.">brother</a> die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/20/28b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mark 12: 19.">brother</a> should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
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And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
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And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
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Last of all the woman died also.
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Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she?  for seven had her to wife.
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And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/34a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Marriage; TG Marriage, Temporal.">marry</a>, and are given in marriage:
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But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/35a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Luke 20: 35  . . .  that world through resurrection from  . . .">that</a> world, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/20/35b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Objectives; TG Resurrection.">resurrection</a> from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in <sup>c</sup><a href="luke/20/35c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 132: 16 (7-39).">marriage</a>:
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Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/36a" mark="a" type="C" title="D&C 131: 2 (1-4); D&C 132: 17 (5-17); TG Angels.">angels</a>; and are the <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/20/36b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sons and Daughters of God.">children</a> of God, being the children of the resurrection.
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Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/37a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 2 (2-6).">bush</a>, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
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For he is not a God of the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/38a" mark="a" type="C" title="Rom. 14: 9; TG Spirits, Disembodied.">dead</a>, but of the living: for all live unto him.
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&#182; Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
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And after that they durst not ask him any <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/40a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 84: 116."><i>question</i></a> at all.
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And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/41a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 1: 16 (1-16); D&C 93: 14 (3-17).">son</a>?
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And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto my <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/42a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 110: 1.">Lord</a>, Sit thou on my right hand,
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Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
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&#182; Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
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Beware of the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/20/46a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 28: 16; Alma 10: 27.">scribes</a>, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/20/46b" mark="b" type="Q" title="GR first, or most honorable; Luke 11: 43.">highest</a> seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
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Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
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